Monthly Archives: August 2025

Yesterday I took a half pound of mixed hot peppers and made a small bottle of hot sauce from them. Essentially I cut the peppers and blitzed them with salt and vinegar in a mixer before straining the mixture into … Continue reading →

Busy day running around yesterday. Busy day in WLF today. Wordle: four, my starter was SHOAL WTF, Wordle?!?!

Thought the rain would slow down the riders last night. Nope, and I fell off the back for the final quarter of the ride. Wordle: five, my starter was REPLY

While driving this weekend I listened to Pat Benatar’s “Crimes of Passion” album. It was then I realized that this album was released 45 years ago, which also meant that come this November it will be 45 years since I … Continue reading →

Jenka, how was your Friday? Three days in South Carolina; two failed days of bike riding, one in Clemson and one in Anderson, sandwiching one really good day at a mushroom cultivation workshop in Easley. My mysterious deep hip pain … Continue reading →

Happy Friday. Wordle: three, my starter was FRUIT

Not much to report other than what I mentioned I did yesterday – found RoadID, put away camping gear, cleaned my road bicycle, and sowed some seeds for Fall. It looked as if there were plenty of seats available for … Continue reading →

When the rain finally stopped yesterday I was able to wander around WLF. I was forced to harvest four small eggplant, because the critters have eaten all of the others out there. I also harvested three small butternut squash. I’d … Continue reading →

I’ve discovered that my price threshold for concerts these days is around $40, which means I doubt that I will be seeing many more concerts during the rest of my life. Wordle: three, my starter was TREAD

I had a fun weekend in Sylva, NC with some of the other Chattahooligans. On Friday we decided to skip riding because by the time we checked in and set up camp it was 3pm, and we were all sweaty … Continue reading →